Chirag Shetty

Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty (born 4 July 1997) is an Indian badminton player.^[2][3] Partnering Satwiksairaj Rankireddy in the men's doubles, he emerge victorius in the Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, and Asian Championships. They are the only Indian doubles pair to become number 1 in world ranking, win the World Tour Super 1000, and the first Indians to win a gold medal at the Asian Games in badminton.^[4]

Chirag Shetty
Shetty in August 2022
Personal information
Birth name	Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty[1]
Country	India
Born	(1997-07-04) 4 July 1997 (age 27) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Tan Kim Her Mathias Boe
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	1 (with Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, 10 October 2023)
Current ranking	11 (with Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, 15 April 2025)
Honours	Arjuna Award Khel Ratna Award
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  India World Championships 2022 Tokyo Men's doubles Thomas Cup 2022 Bangkok Men's team Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team 2022 Birmingham Men's doubles 2018 Gold Coast Men's doubles 2022 Birmingham Mixed team Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Men's doubles 2022 Hangzhou Men's team Asian Championships 2023 Dubai Men's doubles Asia Mixed Team Championships 2023 Dubai Mixed team Asia Team Championships 2016 Hyderabad Men's team 2020 Manila Men's team
BWF profile

Early life and background

Shetty was born on 4 July 1997 in Malad, Mumbai in a Tulu family to Chandrashekhar and Sujata Shetty. His father is a hotelier.^[5][6][7] He started training in Uday Pawar Badminton Acacemy, located at Goregaon Sports Club, but later shifted to Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad. Shetty initially partnered with Arjun M. R., but was later paired with Satwiksairaj Rankireddy by coach Tan Kim Her who felt that two tall, strong guys with skills could combine to become a formidable pair.^[8]

Career

2018

In 2018, Shetty and Rankireddy played a crucial role in earning India a historic gold medal in the mixed team event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where they also won the men's doubles silver.^[9] They won their first BWF World Tour title in Hyderabad Open after beating the Indonesian pair of Akbar Bintang Cahyono and Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani in the final.^[10]

2019

In 2019, Shetty and Rankireddy became the first Indian doubles pair to win a BWF Superseries or BWF World Tour (Super 500+) title, when they won the Thailand Open title, beating the Chinese pair of Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen in the final.^[11] They followed it up with a runner-up finish at the French Open, where they lost in the final to the world number 1 pairing of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo.^[12]

2021

In 2021, Shetty and Rankireddy lost to the Indonesian duo of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in the second round to crash out of the 2020 Yonex Thailand Open.^[13] In July, he and Rankireddy competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but were eliminated in the group stage, following a loss to Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo. However, they were the only pair in the entire tournament who defeated eventual gold medalists Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lin, whom they had narrowly beat in their first group stage encounter.^[14] In December, Shetty and Rankireddy qualified for the BWF World Tour Finals for the first time in their career, but withdrew from the tournament after a loss in their first group stage match to the Danish pair of Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen.

2022

In 2022, Shetty and Rankireddy started the year by winning India Open.^[15] They were also part of India's Thomas Cup winning team. In the final, having lost the first game to the Indonesian duo of Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Mohammad Ahsan, they displayed immense perseverance and tenacity to win the second game and close out the third game at 21–19, giving India a 2–0 lead over Indonesia. This was pivotal in helping India bag its maiden Thomas Cup trophy.^[16] Shetty and Rankireddy then won the men's doubles gold at the Commonwealth Games, beating the home pair of Ben Lane and Sean Vendy in the final.^[17] At the BWF World Championships, Shetty and Rankireddy won a bronze medal, India's first-ever men's doubles medal at the tournament. They beat defending champions Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi in the quarterfinals, but lost in the semi-finals to eventual champions Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik.^[18] Shetty and Rankireddy won the French Open making it their first Super 750 title in their career by beating Lu Ching-yao and Yang Po-han in the finals.^[19]

2023

In February, Shetty was a member of the Indian team which clinched the bronze medal at Asia Mixed Team Championships. Shetty and Rankireddy won their first title as a pair in the 2023 Swiss Open (badminton), beating Ren Xiangyu and Tan Qiang in the final. The duo also crowned as Asian Champion after winning the 2023 Badminton Asia Championships held in Dubai. They won their first BWF World Tour Super 1000 title by defeating Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the final of Indonesia Open, thus becoming the first men's doubles pair from India to win the event. The duo went on to win Korea Open defeating Indonesian Pair Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto.

2024

Partnered with Rankireddy, he reached the final of Super 1000 event of Malaysia Open and lost to the Chinese pair of Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang. Then they reached another final this year at India Open and again reached finals but lost to the Korean pair of Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung-jae in a tough game. Then they finally achieved success by winning their first tour of this year in Super 750 event of French Open defeating Lee Jhe-huei and Yang Po-hsuan in straight games easily.^[20]

At the Singapore Open, Shetty and Rankireddy suffered a first round exit to a Danish pair in straight games.

2025

The Malaysian Tan Kim Her who identified and paired Chiraj Shetty with Satwiksairaj Rankireddy is back as their coach again.^[21] In the Malaysia and India Open, they reached the semi-finals.^[22][23]

Awards and recognition

International

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2018	BWF Awards	Most Improved Players (with Rankireddy)	Nominated
2019			Nominated
2023		Men's Doubles Pair of the Year (with Rankireddy)	Nominated

National

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2020	Arjuna Award	Outstanding Performance in the Field of Sports	Won	[24]
2023	Khel Ratna Award	Spectacular Performance in the Field of Sports	Won	[25]
2025	Times of India Sports Awards	Badminton Player of the Year Male	TBA	[26]

Honours

• Bestowed with Arjuna Award for badminton in August 2020.^[27]
• Bestowed with Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna for badminton in December 2023.^[25]

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik	22–20, 18–21, 16–21	Bronze

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast, Australia	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge	13–21, 16–21	Silver
2022	National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Ben Lane Sean Vendy	21–15, 21–13	Gold

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Choi Sol-gyu Kim Won-ho	21–18, 21–16	Gold

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi	16–21, 21–17, 21–19	Gold

BWF World Tour (9 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[28] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[29]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Hyderabad Open	Super 100	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Akbar Bintang Cahyono Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani	21–16, 21–14	Winner
2018	Syed Modi International	Super 300	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	11–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2019	Thailand Open	Super 500	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	21–19, 18–21, 21–18	Winner
2019	French Open	Super 750	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	18–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2022	India Open	Super 500	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	21–16, 26–24	Winner
2022	French Open	Super 750	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Lu Ching-yao Yang Po-han	21–13, 21–19	Winner
2023	Swiss Open	Super 300	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Ren Xiangyu Tan Qiang	21–19, 24–22	Winner
2023	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik	21–17, 21–18	Winner
2023	Korea Open	Super 500	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	17–21, 21–13, 21–14	Winner
2023	China Masters	Super 750	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Liang Weikeng Wang Chang	19–21, 21–18, 19–21	Runner-up
2024	Malaysia Open	Super 1000	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Liang Weikeng Wang Chang	21–9, 18–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2024	India Open	Super 750	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae	21–15, 11–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2024	French Open	Super 750	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Lee Jhe-huei Yang Po-hsuan	21–11, 21–17	Winner
2024	Thailand Open	Super 500	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Chen Boyang Liu Yi	21–15, 21–15	Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Mauritius International	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Dhruv Kapila Saurabh Sharma	21–12, 21–16	Winner
2016	India International Series	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Goh Sze Fei Nur Izzuddin	8–11, 11–5, 7–11, 11–8, 11–5	Winner
2016	Tata Open India International	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Arjun M.R. Ramchandran Shlok	10–12, 11–9, 11–7, 11–5	Winner
2016	Bangladesh International	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	M. Anilkumar Raju Venkat Gaurav Prasad	17–21, 21–7, 21–8	Winner
2017	Vietnam International	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Trawut Potieng Nanthakarn Yordphaisong	17–21, 21–9, 21–15	Winner
2019	Brazil International	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Jelle Maas Robin Tabeling	21–14, 21–18	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

Boys' doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	India Junior International	Arjun M. R.	Aditya Joshi Arun George	17–21, 12-21	Runner-up
2014	India Junior International	Arjun M. R.	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Krishna Prasad Garaga	11–7, 11–10, 11-6	Winner
2014	Belgian Junior International	Arjun M. R.	Alexander Dunn Adam Hall	9–11, 11–2, 11-7	Winner
2014	Swiss Junior International	Arjun M. R.	Ben Lane Sean Vendy	11–7, 11–8, 11-7	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	India Junior International	Shruthi K. P.	Arjun M. R. Kuhoo Garg	8–11, 7–11, 11–5, 8-11	Runner-up
2015	India Junior International	Sanjana Santosh	Andika Ramadiansyah Mychelle Crhystine Bandaso	13–21, 19-21	Runner-up

  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

  BWF Junior International Series tournament

  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Record against opponents

Men's doubles results with Satwiksairaj Rankireddy against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists. Accurate as of 30 July 2024.^[30]

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Fu Haifeng Zhang Nan 1 0 1 –1 Liang Weikeng Wang Chang (badminton) 6 1 5 –4 Li Junhui Liu Yuchen 3 2 1 +1 Liu Cheng Zhang Nan 1 0 1 –1 He Jiting Tan Qiang 2 1 1 0 Chen Hung-ling Wang Chi-lin 1 0 1 –1 Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin 3 2 1 +1 Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen 5 1 4 –3 Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 9 3 6 –3 Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge 3 2 1 +1 Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan 8 4 4 0

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto 6 4 2 +2 Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 11 0 11 –11 Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi 5 4 1 +3 Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe 4 2 2 0 Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda 5 0 5 –5 Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol 1 1 0 +1 Seo Seung-jae Kang Min-hyuk 7 5 2 +3 Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik 11 3 8 –5 Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong 2 0 2 –2 Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi 7 4 3 +1

See also

• Badminton in India
• India national badminton team